Light in the Piazza is a romantic film adapted from a novella of the same name written by Elizabeth Spencer. It follows a mother (Olivia de Havilland) and daughter (Yvette Mimieux) on vacation in Italy. The daughter is in her 20s but a head injury in childhood caused her maturity to stop advancing, so she has the mentality of a pre-teen. The mother is ultra protective of her daughter, but she cannot keep a young Italian man (George Hamilton) from becoming interested. Variety

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